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title: So what did Rosald use to whack the giant? — pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: R… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did Rosald use to whack the giant? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 4 · ★ · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

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So what did Rosald use to whack the giant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rosald · **What happens:** use, whack · **To what, where:** giant

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1220-pg3282-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t4:1
# text = So what did Rosald use to whack the giant?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	whack	whack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | Rosald |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **whack** | to-infinitive | Rosald *not said here* | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A massive iron club with a spike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = A massive iron club with a spike
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spike	spike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A massive iron club with a spike and a long leather grip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = A massive iron club with a spike and a long leather grip
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spike	spike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A big wooden mace with nails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = A big wooden mace with nails
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mace	mace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A rusty iron spear, blunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = A rusty iron spear, blunt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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